Archive timeline
2018
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2018, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2018
- DECEMBER 21, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: COURT PASSES DEATH SENTENCE ON MAN FOR HIS MOTHER'S MURDER
The Criminal Court on 18 December 2018 sentenced a 29-year-old man to death after convicting him of murdering and decapitating his mother in Amman in November of 2016.
- DECEMBER 21, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES PETITIONER WHO KILLED POLICE OFFICER BRINGING HIM HOME
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan have executed a petitioner for killing a police officer who was forcibly escorting him home from a petitioning trip in the Chinese capital, Radio Free Asia reported on 20 December 2018.
DECEMBER 21, 2018JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: OSAKA MAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD MURDERS
A court in Osaka on 19 December 2018 sentenced a man to death for the murders of a 13-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy.
DECEMBER 21, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES SUSPECTED GOVERNMENT MILITARY OFFICER
The firing squad of the Al-Shabaab militia group on 19 December 2018 publicly executed a suspected government military officer in Middle Shabelle’s Galboole village.
- DECEMBER 20, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWEAN GOV'T PRESSES AHEAD TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
President Mnangagwa wants the death penalty banned and the Zimbabwean government is pressing ahead with plans to have the death penalty removed from its statutes, Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi said on 19 December 201
- DECEMBER 20, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
"At least 54 people facing death sentence for opposition to regime"
20 December 2018: Declaration by NGO Reprieve
- DECEMBER 20, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT MASHHAD PRISON
According to the Iranian website, Rokna, a 50 years old man was executed on the morning of 12 December 2018 at Mashhad Central Prison.
DECEMBER 20, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR 'WAGING WAR AGAINST COUNTRY'
A district court on 15 December 2018 sentenced Sheikh Abdullah Nayeem alias Sk Samir, who had links with terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, to death for "waging war against the country".
- DECEMBER 20, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court revesed the death sentence of Gerald Murray.
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court revesed the death sentence of Gerald Murray.
- DECEMBER 20, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court upheld the non unanimous death sentence of Steven Taylor
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court upheld the non unanimous death sentence of Steven Taylor
DECEMBER 20, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 310 TERRORISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH, 56 EXECUTED
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on 16 December 2018 released details of the death sentences awarded to convicted terrorists and their executions following trial by military courts.
- DECEMBER 20, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. (Federal) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has overturned the federal death sentence imposed on Azibo Aquart
USA - Connecticut. (Federal) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has overturned the federal death sentence imposed on Azibo Aquart
DECEMBER 19, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR SHIKARPUR SHRINE ATTACK
The ATC Court, Sukkur, on 13 December 2018 awarded capital punishment to two suicide bombers for attacking the Shikarpur shrine, which claimed the lives of four people including the custodian of the shrine, Hajan Shah Mari Waro and injured 17 in 2013.
- DECEMBER 19, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FORM MURDERING FAMILY MEMBER
A Plateau High Court sitting in Jos on 13 December 2018 sentenced 24-year-old man, Binfa Lamde, to death-by-hanging for hacking his stepmother to death.
DECEMBER 19, 2018UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: SFC SOLDIER, GUARD GET DEATH FOR MURDER
A soldier of the Special Forces Command and a security guard were on 14 December 2018 sentenced to death for the murder of a Mobile Money agent over two years ago.
- DECEMBER 18, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Nabhaniyah Province
18 December 2018: Mahaia binn Maawad bin Marished al-Madhibri al-Rashidi executed for murder
- DECEMBER 18, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ethiopian woman beheaded in Dammam
18 December 2018: Milyun Abisa Nadu executed for murder
DECEMBER 18, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COAS CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES OF 15 HARDCORE TERRORISTS
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa confirmed the death sentences awarded to 15 hardcore terrorists, a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations said on 16 December 2018.
DECEMBER 18, 2018United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN: RECORD NUMBER OF COUNTRIES VOTE TO END EXECUTIONS
A record number of UN member states on 17 December 2018 supported at the final vote a key UN General Assembly resolution calling for a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty.
DECEMBER 18, 2018SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: DAMASCUS COURT PUTS 4 DEFENDANTS ON DEATH ROW
The Damascus Criminal Court has handed down death sentences to the head of Tahrir al-Sham Mohamed al-Sharaa, known by his alias Abu Muhammad al-Julani and Jaysh al-Islam group head Essam al-Buwaydhani, aawsat.com reported on 12 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 17, 2018DEATH PENALTY
DPIC 2018 YEAR END REPORT: DEATH PENALTY USAGE STAYS NEAR GENERATIONAL LOWS
The long-term decline of death-penalty use in the U.S. continued in 2018, as a twentieth state abolished capital punishment and executions and new death sentences remained near generational lows.
- DECEMBER 17, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Jeddah
17 December 2018: Jehan Khayal Mat Khan executed for drugs trafficking
DECEMBER 17, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: COURTS TO REVIEW OVER 400 DEATH SENTENCES IN 2019
At least 400 inmates have applied for a review of their death sentences since the Supreme Court did away with the penalty in December last year, Chief Justice David Maraga said on 16 December 2018.
DECEMBER 17, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC ABOLISHES SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR PRISONERS FACING DEATH PENALTY
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on 14 December 2018 abolished the practice adopted by the jail authorities in Punjab to segregate convicts immediately after the pronouncement of death sentence by the trial court and its confirmation by the High Court.
- DECEMBER 17, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO CHRISTIAN BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY IN PUNJAB
Two Christian brothers have been sentenced to death in Pakistan on blasphemy charges, the Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) announced on 14 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): JOSE ANTONIO JIMENEZ EXECUTED
Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, Hispanic, was executed on 13 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE MAN WHO RAMMED SUV INTO CROWD THEN ATTACKED PEOPLE WITH SHOVEL AND HAMMER
A man who killed 15 people and injured dozens more when he ploughed a vehicle into a public square before attacking pedestrians with a hammer and a shovel, is to be executed by Chinese authorities.
DECEMBER 14, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES THREE MEN, INCLUDING FORMER ELECTORAL DELEGATE
Al-Shabaab militant killed three men in an execution-style, accusing two of them working with the Somali army, Radio Shabelle reported on 12 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES TO LIFE DEATH SENTENCE OF A MAN WHO KILLED SIX PEOPLE
The Supreme Court on 12 December 2018 commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to a man for hacking to death six members of a family in Kerala in 2001.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC 2018 Year End Report: Death Penalty Usage Stays Near Generational Lows.
USA - DPIC 2018 Year End Report: Death Penalty Usage Stays Near Generational Lows.